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Eve and Moviation Sign LOI for First eVTOL Urban ATM Agreement in South Korea

Eve and Moviation Sign LOI for First eVTOL Urban ATM Agreement in South Korea

29-Sep-2023Source: Eve Air Mobility

Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) and Moviation, South Korea’s first Urban Air Mobility (UAM) service provider, announced the signature of a Letter of Intent to purchase Eve’s Urban ATM solution. The software solution will be a key enabler to the implementation and scalability of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and provides critical traffic management... Read more

Taranaki Offshore Partnership named as Rescue Helicopter Winch sponsors

Taranaki Offshore Partnership named as Rescue Helicopter Winch sponsors

29-Sep-2023Source: Taranaki Rescue Helicopter

Taranaki Rescue Helicopter is delighted to welcome Taranaki Offshore Partnership (TOP) to our family of sponsors to support the vital emergency response service for the region and our communities. TOP’s sponsorship is specifically for the Rescue Winch, which is critical during missions where the helicopter cannot land. An important piece of equipment, the winch ensures... Read more

Erickson partners with Helicopter Express for support of S-64 Air Crane®

Erickson partners with Helicopter Express for support of S-64 Air Crane®

29-Sep-2023Source: Erickson

Erickson Incorporated and Helicopter Express, Inc. announced a strategic alliance formed to support and diversify S-64 Air Crane® helicopter operations in North America and meet growing worldwide demand for heavy-lift, S-64 sustainment, modernization, and production. Helicopter Express is acquiring additional Erickson S-64s, one delivered this month and others through the end of the year. “The... Read more

Canada approves Dart Heli-Utility-Basket for Bell 505

Canada approves Dart Heli-Utility-Basket for Bell 505

29-Sep-2023Source: DART Aerospace

DART Aerospace is proud to announce that it has received a new TCCA STC certification for the external cargo Heli-Utility-Basket™ specifically tailored for the Bell 505 aircraft. It is also currently pursuing FAA validation. The Bell 505 Heli-Utility-Basket™ is the latest in DART’s proven line of baskets. It joins DART’s existing Heli-Utility-Baskets™ for helicopter models... Read more

Argentine Navy orders eight AW109s

Argentine Navy orders eight AW109s

29-Sep-2023Source: Argentine Government

There the head of the Defense portfolio stated: “In Argentina our ocean patrol vessels need to have light helicopters that can enter the hangars of the OPV vessels. “We are convinced that Leonardo is the right company to acquire these helicopters.” The acquisition of eight AW 109 light embarked helicopters from the “Leonardo” firm for the... Read more

Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service turns 50

Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service turns 50

29-Sep-2023Source: Westpac Lifesaver Rescue

The Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service is today celebrating 50 years of service since its first day of operations on 29 September 1973. In partnership with Surf Life Saving Australia, Westpac (then Bank of New South Wales) has been proudly supporting the Service since it began, making it one of the longest community partnerships in... Read more

European Rotors 2023 Offers Training and Workforce Development Options

European Rotors 2023 Offers Training and Workforce Development Options

28-Sep-2023Source: European Rotors

EUROPEAN ROTORS, the largest business-to-business rotorcraft event in Europe, is rapidly approaching. Now is the time to coordinate your schedule to take advantage of training and workforce development opportunities. Now in its third year and supported by the largest companies in the industry, EUROPEAN ROTORS 2023 is taking place in IFEMA Hall 9 in Madrid,... Read more

UK on cusp of next aviation revolution, says UK regulator

UK on cusp of next aviation revolution, says UK regulator

28-Sep-2023Source: CAA

Aviation stands on the cusp of the next revolution, the Chair of the UK Civil Aviation Authority will say in a keynote speech on 27 September. The regulator is working with the aviation and aerospace industry as well as government to support the safe development and roll-out of sustainable fuels, drones and new types of... Read more

Meeker-Airfilm receive FAA approval for Utility Step Mount for Airbus H145D3

Meeker-Airfilm receive FAA approval for Utility Step Mount for Airbus H145D3

27-Sep-2023Source: Meeker Aviation

Meeker-Airfilm are pleased to announce we have received FAA approval for for our very popular Utility Step Mount for the Airbus H145 D3 helicopter. The Step Mount offers the most robust design, dual payloads capability and greatest camera stability... Read more

Rotorweld release External Hydraulic Pump Drive kit to suit Airbus H125 and H130

Rotorweld release External Hydraulic Pump Drive kit to suit Airbus H125 and H130

27-Sep-2023Source: Rotorweld

Rotorweld is a family run business based in Auckland, New Zealand and manufactures a wide range of helicopter and gas turbine maintenance tooling. “Here at Rotorweld, we are excited to announce the release of our External Hydraulic Pump Drive kit to suit Airbus Helicopters H125 and H130 series helicopters. After many years maintaining the H125... Read more

Black Hills Life Flight will carry whole blood onboard

Black Hills Life Flight will carry whole blood onboard

27-Sep-2023Source: Black Hills Life Flight

All four Black Hills Life Flight aircraft, located in Rapid City and Hot Springs, SD, are proud to announce that they now carry and can administer whole blood onboard every air medical transport. Black Hills Life Flight is the first and only community-based air ambulance service in the state with this capability. Having whole blood... Read more

Bristow to present at Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference

Bristow to present at Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference

27-Sep-2023Source: Bristow

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), the global leader in innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, will present at the 31st Annual Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Bristow’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Whalen is scheduled to present on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 8:40 a.m. MST and... Read more

MD Helicopters Collaborates with Able Aerospace

MD Helicopters Collaborates with Able Aerospace

27-Sep-2023Source: MD Helicopters

MD Helicopters (MDH) is pleased to announce its collaboration with Able Aerospace Services to provide expanded repairs on major components used in the repair & overhaul of MDH gearboxes and hub assemblies. This cooperation is one of many actions MDH is taking to improve aftermarket support. This will allow MD Helicopters to reduce its overhaul... Read more

Lilium starts assembling Electric Propulsion System

Lilium starts assembling Electric Propulsion System

27-Sep-2023Source: Lilium

Lilium N.V. (NASDAQ: LILM), developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) jet, announced that it is starting assembly of the Lilium Jet’s revolutionary electric propulsion system at its dedicated propulsion facility located next to its headquarters in Wessling, Germany. The announcement marks another exciting milestone on the targeted path towards industrialization and... Read more

AirLife Utah 3 will now carry whole blood on board

AirLife Utah 3 will now carry whole blood on board

27-Sep-2023Source: Air Methods

AirLife Utah 3 is proud to announce that it now carries and can administer whole blood on board every air medical transport. Having whole blood aboard their AS350 helicopter allows their industry-leading trauma clinicians to provide additional life-saving care in emergency situations when every minute counts. “Whole blood is the gold standard for blood delivery,”... Read more

FAA Approves Nation’s First Public-Use Vertiport in Blackstone, Virginia

FAA Approves Nation’s First Public-Use Vertiport in Blackstone, Virginia

27-Sep-2023Source: Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation

In a significant milestone for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry, the FAA has issued the first conditional approval for a Vertiport at Allen C. Perkinson Blackstone Army Airfield (KBKT), in Blackstone, Virginia. This action creates a path for the airport to establish the first licensed public-use Vertiport in the state and the nation. NAVOS Air, a... Read more

FAA Approves First Public-Use Vertiport in Virginia

FAA Approves First Public-Use Vertiport in Virginia

27-Sep-2023

In a significant milestone for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry, the FAA has issued the first conditional approval for a Vertiport at Allen C. Perkinson Blackstone Army Airfield (KBKT), in Blackstone, Virginia. This action creates a path for the airport to establish the first licensed public-use Vertiport in the state and the nation. NAVOS Air,... Read more

HeliFlite and IGY Marinas Partner at Yacht Haven Grande Miami

HeliFlite and IGY Marinas Partner at Yacht Haven Grande Miami

26-Sep-2023Source: HeliFlite

HeliFlite is excited to announce its new partnership with Marine Max’s internationally renowned IGY Marinas, kicking off at the Yacht Haven Grande Miami. This strategic alliance allows us to offer our clients and IGY clients an unparalleled fusion of luxury air travel and premium nautical tourism. When you arrive at the marina, you can quickly... Read more

Volatus Undertakes Joint Venture with Ace VTOL

Volatus Undertakes Joint Venture with Ace VTOL

26-Sep-2023Source: Volatus

Volatus Infrastructure & Energy Solutions has entered into a joint venture with Australian-based electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) company Ace VTOL. The joint venture outlines their plans to establish the advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure ecosystem in the Oceania region, develop a wheelchair accessible solar-powered lift and integrate Ace’s open-sourced artificial intelligence (AI) unmanned... Read more

Yorkshire Air Ambulance crew injured in laser attack

Yorkshire Air Ambulance crew injured in laser attack

26-Sep-2023Source: Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA), a lifeline for communities in Yorkshire, has recently seen a disturbing rapid escalation in laser attacks. Over the course of a single week, YAA has been subjected to three separate and deliberate laser assaults, with the latest attack resulting in an injury to one of their crew members. On Friday evening... Read more

Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Enhances Search and Rescue Operations with TrakkaBeam TLXc

Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Enhances Search and Rescue Operations with TrakkaBeam TLXc

26-Sep-2023Source: Trakka Systems

Trakka Systems, a prominent provider of Critical Vision Technologies, is excited to announce an ongoing partnership with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office located in Arizona, USA. The most recent collaboration is the acquisition by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office of Trakka’s cutting-edge TrakkaBeam TLXc, which expands the range of Trakka C4ISR equipment utilized by the... Read more

Electro Ventures Signs Partnership to Support Jump Aero Products

Electro Ventures Signs Partnership to Support Jump Aero Products

26-Sep-2023Source: Electro Ventures

Electro Ventures, a Western Australian sustainable innovation holdings company with a portfolio of more than a dozen market-leading cleantech companies, has placed an order for ten “JA1 Pulse” eVTOL aircraft. Electro Ventures has worked with Jump Aero for many years through one of its portfolio companies Electro Aero, and has been impressed with the company’s... Read more

Land Rotor and Aeroauto sign $700M deal

Land Rotor and Aeroauto sign $700M deal

26-Sep-2023Source: Aeroauto

Land Rotor has announced plans to mass-produce the AAM Sportster in an unprecedented $700 million dollar deal with Aeroauto, LLC of Royal Palm Beach, Florida. This marks one of the largest commitments to provide consumers with safe and affordable Advanced Air Mobility vehicles globally. “We’re pretty excited about this, given Aeroauto’s focus on having the industry’s best products... Read more

SK Telecom and Joby collaborate for K-UAM Grand Challenge

SK Telecom and Joby collaborate for K-UAM Grand Challenge

26-Sep-2023Source: Joby Aviation

SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM, “SKT”) announced that it signed a collaboration agreement with Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY), a California-based company developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial passenger service, to jointly participate in the K-UAM Grand Challenge. The collaboration agreement signing ceremony took place at SKT’s Seoul headquarters on September 20, 2023. The two... Read more

Robinson confirm new R66 empennage will be available for retrofit

Robinson confirm new R66 empennage will be available for retrofit

25-Sep-2023Source: HeliHub.com

Robinson Helicopter Co have confirmed to HeliHub.com that the recently announced empennage will be made available as a retrofit kit for earlier production aircraft.  The new configuration is standard on all FAA-registered R66 production aircraft from MSN 1279, and other countries will follow once approval has been given by the relevant civil airworthiness authorities. The... Read more

Airbus unveils PioneerLab as its new twin-engine flying laboratory

Airbus unveils PioneerLab as its new twin-engine flying laboratory

25-Sep-2023Source: Airbus Helicopters

During the German National Aviation Conference in Hamburg, Airbus Helicopters unveiled the PioneerLab, its new twin-engine technology demonstrator based on the H145 platform. It complements Airbus’ range of FlightLabs and focuses on testing technologies that reduce helicopter emissions, increase autonomy and integrate bio-based materials. “With PioneerLab, we continue our ambitious strategy to test and mature... Read more

ITP Aero leads two R&D projects on UAM electric propulsion systems

ITP Aero leads two R&D projects on UAM electric propulsion systems

25-Sep-2023Source: ITP Aero

ITP Aero is leading two R&D projects on electric propulsion systems for urban and regional mobility, with a total budget of 13 million euros, which will be the first propulsion systems of these characteristics made in Spain. Despite the fact that the electrification of ground propulsion systems has reached a high level of technological and... Read more

Volatus and Flyscan partner for automated oil/gas aerial pipeline surveillance

Volatus and Flyscan partner for automated oil/gas aerial pipeline surveillance

25-Sep-2023Source: Volatus Aerospace

Volatus Aerospace Corp. (TSXV:VOL)(OTCQB:VLTTF) (“Volatus” or “the Company”)and Flyscan Systems., announced that they have entered into a services agreement through the Company’s subsidiary Synergy Aviation Ltd., and Flyscan Systems Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Synergy Aviation will install a Flyscan sensor pod on one of its aircraft as an important first step towards... Read more

Air Idaho Rescue transports 1000th patients

Air Idaho Rescue transports 1000th patients

25-Sep-2023Source: Air Methods

Whether local residents or guests to Yellowstone National Park from around the world, people facing medical emergencies in the West Yellowstone area are in good hands thanks to Air Idaho Rescue. On Saturday, Sept. 16, the air medical crew transported its 1,000th patient. The team of four pilots, one mechanic, three flight nurses, and three flight... Read more

Kulr Technology to supply Velos Rotors with Vibration Reduction Technology

Kulr Technology to supply Velos Rotors with Vibration Reduction Technology

25-Sep-2023Source: KULR

KULR Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE American: KULR) (the “Company” or “KULR”), a global leader in sustainable energy management, today partnered with Velos Rotors (“VELOS”) to provide its KULR VIBE service as an added enhancement to the Velos V3 UAV helicopter for reducing vibration and increasing balance of UAV payloads that are highly sensitive to aircraft vibration. The collaboration... Read more

Enstrom to host semi-annual maintenance courses in September, October

Enstrom to host semi-annual maintenance courses in September, October

25-Sep-2023Source: Enstrom

Time is running out to enroll in Enstrom Helicopter Corporation’s final round of 2023 maintenance courses. The piston class is set to begin September 25 at the Enstrom factory in Menominee, MI, and the turbine class will begin at the same location on October 2. Each course will run for one week, from 8AM to... Read more

Rotorcorp Named “Top Small Business” by the U.S. CoC

Rotorcorp Named “Top Small Business” by the U.S. CoC

25-Sep-2023Source: Rotorcorp

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that Rotorcorp is one of America’s top 10 small businesses in the Southeast and is in the running  for the “America’s Top Small Business” Award.  In an extraordinary year that saw a record-breaking 15,000 applicants, Rotorcorp was selected  above highly competitive small businesses from across the country. The U.S.... Read more

Airbus testing significant upgrades to H135

Airbus testing significant upgrades to H135

22-Sep-2023Source: HeliHub.com

A recent sighting at the Airbus Helicopters plant at Donauworth is this H135, with a large number of upgrades over the current production models. Our analysis suggests the taller profile gives increased cabin headroom, and the side windows thus providing greater visibility for pilots – although there is no aft cabin window as found in... Read more

Two new helipads approved for North Wales hospital

Two new helipads approved for North Wales hospital

22-Sep-2023Source: Cambrian News

A scheme to develop two new helicopter landing pads at a North Wales hospital – prompted by a surge in summer tourism has been given the green light. Gwynedd Council’s planning committee unanimously agreed to a proposal to remove an existing helicopter landing site (HLS) and to construct two new landing pads at Ysbyty Gwynedd... Read more

SkyDrive Receives Pre-Order of 50 eVTOLs

SkyDrive Receives Pre-Order of 50 eVTOLs

22-Sep-2023Source: SkyDrive

SkyDrive Inc. (“SkyDrive”), the leading eVTOL (*1) aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, and Solyu Company, Ltd. (hereinafter “Solyu”), an aircraft leasing company specializing in zero-emission in Korea, announced that they had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Solyu has agreed to pre-order of up to 50 SkyDrive eVTOL aircraft “SKYDRIVE” (*2).   SkyDrive is... Read more

Health Care District of Palm Beach County receives first AW169

Health Care District of Palm Beach County receives first AW169

21-Sep-2023Source: Health Care District of Palm Beach County

The Health Care District announces the delivery last week of the first of two Leonardo AW169 helicopters. The AW169 helicopters were selected for Trauma Hawk following more than a decade of planning and due diligence. It’s anticipated the second helicopter will also be delivered this month. “This marks a new era in the Health Care District’s... Read more

Spokane County Sheriff plans on Bell 505 purchase

Spokane County Sheriff plans on Bell 505 purchase

21-Sep-2023Source: The Spokesman-Review

The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office could be getting a new $3.3 million helicopter. The Spokane County Commission on Tuesday unanimously voted to accept a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice that will go toward the Sheriff’s Office’s helicopter modernization project. Accepting the grant doesn’t officially mean the county will buy a new chopper,... Read more

Vita Inclinata Expands SAR Solutions with Global Distribution Partnership

Vita Inclinata Expands SAR Solutions with Global Distribution Partnership

21-Sep-2023Source: Vita Inclinata

Vita Inclinata recently completed an agreement that authorizes the company to be a global distributor of Lifesaving Systems, LLC equipment. This exciting partnership allows Vita Inclinata’s Aerospace division to provide an even wider range of life-saving equipment and gear to the Search and Rescue community. “With our expanded capabilities, we are committed to being the complete provider for the... Read more

Skyports partners with Equinor for cargo drone deliveries to offshore oil field

Skyports partners with Equinor for cargo drone deliveries to offshore oil field

21-Sep-2023Source: Skyports

Skyports Drone Services, a leader in drone logistics, survey and monitoring operations, and Norwegian energy firm Equinor, have partnered to trial electric drone deliveries to oil installations (“oil rigs”) in the North Sea. The project aims to demonstrate how on-demand cargo drone services can solve logistical challenges and improve safety and sustainability in the offshore... Read more

EHang invests in solid-state battery supply chain for eVTOLs

EHang invests in solid-state battery supply chain for eVTOLs

21-Sep-2023Source: EHang

EHang Holdings Limited (“EHang” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: EH), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, announced its strategic investment in Shenzhen Inx Technology Co., Ltd. (“Inx”), a solid-state lithium metal battery technology company in China, and its plan to cooperate with Inx on the research, development and production of solid-state lithium metal... Read more

Joby selects Dayton, Ohio for First Scaled Manufacturing Facility

Joby selects Dayton, Ohio for First Scaled Manufacturing Facility

21-Sep-2023Source: Joby Aviation

Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), a company developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial passenger service, today announced it plans to locate its first scaled aircraft production facility in Dayton, Ohio, the birthplace of aviation. The Wright Brothers, who invented and flew the first powered aircraft, lived and worked in Dayton and opened... Read more

Tulsa Life Flight wins C.T. Thompson Award for Excellence in Trauma Care

Tulsa Life Flight wins C.T. Thompson Award for Excellence in Trauma Care

20-Sep-2023Source: Air Methods

The Tulsa Life Flight teams in Okmulgee and Pryor, OK were honored to receive the C.T. Thompson Award for Excellence in Trauma Care by St. Francis Hospital. This was a special honor for the team because their program was the vision of the late Dr. C.T. Thompson, along with Dr. Jerry Gustafson. The annual award... Read more

Lilium Marks Milestone with Commencement of Fuselage Assembly for its Lilium Jet

Lilium Marks Milestone with Commencement of Fuselage Assembly for its Lilium Jet

20-Sep-2023Source: Lilium

Lilium N.V. (NASDAQ: LILM), developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) jet, announced that it has achieved a significant development milestone with the commencement of fuselage assembly for the Lilium Jet, which remains on track for expected first manned flight planned in late 2024. The start of fuselage assembly serves as another... Read more

Kankakee Community College selects Air Methods Ascend’s online EMS Review program

Kankakee Community College selects Air Methods Ascend’s online EMS Review program

19-Sep-2023Source: Air Methods

Air Methods, the nation’s leading air medical service provider, announced today that Kankakee Community College (KCC) has selected Air Methods Ascend’s online EMS Review program to integrate into the curriculum for students in the paramedic program. A two-year college, KCC serves the 130,000 residents of Community College District 520, which includes all of Kankakee and... Read more

Aero Asset Reports Resilient Pricing Amidst a Declining Backdrop

Aero Asset Reports Resilient Pricing Amidst a Declining Backdrop

19-Sep-2023Source: Aero Asset

Aero Asset’s 2023 Half Year Heli Market Trends Twin Engine Edition reports 76 retail transactions of preowned helicopters, down 15 percent compared to the same period in 2022. Dollar volume for both on and off market retail sales fell 11 percent to $288 million. “Supply for sale grew 18 percent year over year (YOY) to... Read more

Alpha Unmanned Systems integrates its drones into the combat systems of the Armada

Alpha Unmanned Systems integrates its drones into the combat systems of the Armada

18-Sep-2023Source: Alpha Unmanned Systems

Alpha Unmanned Systems (AUS) a manufacturer of unmanned helicopters (UAV) based in Madrid, has successfully completed the integration of its UAVs in the Combat Systems of the Navy’s BAM “Furor (P-46)”. The announcement of this integration is part of the continued collaboration of AUS with the Spanish Armed Forces. In this case through the different... Read more

Specialist Aviation Services appoints restructuring specialist

Specialist Aviation Services appoints restructuring specialist

18-Sep-2023Source: HeliHub.com

Specialist Aviation Services have appointed Nick Pike (pictured) as a director of both Specialist Aviation Services Ltd (“SAS”) and Specialist Aviation Services Group Ltd (“SAS Group”), effective 6th September – according to public filings for SAS and SAS Group with Companies House, the executive agency of the British Government that maintains the register of companies. In... Read more

GE CT7 engine family to use SAF at ITP Aero’s assembly and maintenance facility

GE CT7 engine family to use SAF at ITP Aero’s assembly and maintenance facility

18-Sep-2023Source: GE Aerospace

When the cruise ship Viking Sky sent out a mayday call in 2019, the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter flew to the rescue. Despite 25-foot waves and screaming winds, crews were able to pluck 479 stranded vacationers off the embattled liner before it limped back to port. It seems there’s little that this workhorse helicopter can’t do: S-92s ferry oil workers... Read more

EAA Ray Aviation Scholarship program reaches 400 pilots

EAA Ray Aviation Scholarship program reaches 400 pilots

18-Sep-2023Source: EAA

The EAA Ray Aviation Scholarship program continues to make a difference for young people pursuing aviation dreams, as 400 scholarship recipients have completed flight training. The scholarship program is funded by the Ray Foundation, managed by EAA, and administered through the EAA Chapter network. Through the program, EAA is able to provide deserving youths up to... Read more

Two Utah EMS programs celebrate anniversaries

Two Utah EMS programs celebrate anniversaries

18-Sep-2023Source: Intermountain Life Flight

Two of the nation’s premier air medical transport and rescue programs are celebrating major anniversaries, each one marking multiple decades of life-saving service to thousands of patients. Intermountain Life Flight is celebrating its 45th anniversary, while Classic Air Medical is commemorating its 35th anniversary. Both are part of the Intermountain Health system and serve patients... Read more

Plettenberg to supply tail thruster propulsion unit for Dufour Aero2

Plettenberg to supply tail thruster propulsion unit for Dufour Aero2

18-Sep-2023Source: Dufour Aerospace

Dufour Aerospace is pleased to announce that the German electric propulsion system manufacturer Plettenberg has been selected as a supplier for the tail thruster propulsion unit of the uncrewed tilt-wing aircraft Aero2. Simon Bendrey, Head of Design of Dufour Aerospace, says: “Plettenberg offer a compact, high torque, electric motor which is perfect for the tail... Read more

USHST Completes Two Safety Events

USHST Completes Two Safety Events

18-Sep-2023Source: USHST

The US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) completed two days of trainings and briefings this week, with a primary focus on the use of weather cameras as a safety tool in pre-flight planning. USHST held the two-day event at the Alexandria, Virginia headquarters for Helicopter Association International (HAI). Programs on both days were open to interested... Read more

London Heli Shuttle expands service with second AW139

London Heli Shuttle expands service with second AW139

15-Sep-2023Source: HeliHub.com

The popular London Heli Shuttle, which links London Biggin Hill Airport and the centrally located London Heliport in just six minutes is expanding. Offering the “fastest touchdown to downtown’” service from the time it opened in late 2014, the London Heli Shuttle has been operated by Castle Air on their AOC (Air Operators Certificate). Initially... Read more

Helicentre Aviation Academy opens applications for 2024 CPL(H) Scholarship

Helicentre Aviation Academy opens applications for 2024 CPL(H) Scholarship

15-Sep-2023Source: Helicentre Aviation

Helicentre Aviation Academy has opened the application window for its 2024 CPL(H) Scholarship initiative. The announcement comes as the company celebrates ten years of Professional Helicopter Pilot Training Scholarship awards exceeding £1m of investment into its student pilots. The CPL(H) Scholarship has been awarded annually since the programme began in 2013 and is worth in... Read more

Native Air receives Healthcare Impact Award

Native Air receives Healthcare Impact Award

15-Sep-2023Source: Air Methods

In a special ceremony for the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce 2023 Annual Healthcare Awards, Native Air’s White Sands Area team was proud to receive the Healthcare Impact Award on behalf of the entire program. The award recognizes a healthcare professional or organization that made a direct impact on an individual’s care. The awards... Read more

Bell authorises Boeing as B212 and B412 USM Supplier

Bell authorises Boeing as B212 and B412 USM Supplier

15-Sep-2023Source: Bell

Bell has announced Boeing as an authorized and endorsed supplier providing Used Serviceable Material (USM) products for Bell 212 and Bell 412 customers and maintainers. “The Bell and Boeing agreement is a significant effort in enhancing our global support to Bell customers around the globe,” said Chris Schaefer, vice president, Customer Experience. “Bell will utilize Boeing’s advanced... Read more

Princess Royal opens new Magpas Air Ambulance base

Princess Royal opens new Magpas Air Ambulance base

15-Sep-2023Source: Magpas Air Ambulance

On Tuesday, 12th September Magpas Air Ambulance staff, clinicians, former patients and supporters witnessed an important milestone in the charity’s history as HRH The Princess Royal opened the new charity airbase . The lifesaving charity has been working to build its new home for the past six years: a purpose-built airbase, headquarters and training centre in Alconbury Weald,... Read more

Penn State Health honored for its support of military employees

Penn State Health honored for its support of military employees

15-Sep-2023Source: Penn State Health

Penn State Health CEO Steve Massini received the national-level Above and Beyond Award on behalf of the health system. It honored Penn State Health for actively promoting the hiring of military members, recognizing their valuable experience and dedication. It also acknowledged Penn State Health’s ongoing support for both active service members and veterans. This award specifically recognizes... Read more

UK AAIB Bulletin – September 2023

UK AAIB Bulletin – September 2023

14-Sep-2023Source: AAIB

The monthly bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been released. This month’s issue does not refer to any helicopters and this update is included in HeliHub.com for completeness.... Read more

Leonardo unveils Proteus uncrewed helicopter concept at DSEI

Leonardo unveils Proteus uncrewed helicopter concept at DSEI

14-Sep-2023Source: Leonardo

Leonardo and the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) are pleased to unveil a mature concept of the technology demonstrator, known as project “Proteus” by the British Armed Forces, at DSEI London 2023 . As part of phase 3a of the RWUAS CCD Phase 3 TDP, awarded in July 2022 by the UK MOD Defence Equipment... Read more

Enstrom to Join Oconto Elks Fly-In

Enstrom to Join Oconto Elks Fly-In

14-Sep-2023Source: Enstrom

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation will celebrate Oconto, Wisconsin’s high-flying heritage at the Oconto County Elks Fly-In on Saturday, September 16 at the J. Douglas Bake Municipal Airport (KOCQ). Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Dennis Martin, will fly into Oconto in a 480B helicopter. Enstrom’s rotorcraft joins nearly three dozen other aircraft and more than 200... Read more

Volatus expands into US Oil and Gas Pipeline Surveillance Market

Volatus expands into US Oil and Gas Pipeline Surveillance Market

14-Sep-2023Source: Volatus Aerospace

Volatus Aerospace Corp.(TSXV:VOL)(OTCQB:VLTTF) (“Volatus” or “the Company”)is proud to announce expansion into the US of its oil and gas pipeline surveillance operations, signing an initial contract with a leading energy company headquartered in the US set to launch in October 2023. A leading provider of aerial intelligence, Volatus has an established track record in the... Read more

SkyDrive and JAXA to jointly research Future Noise Reduction for eVTOL

SkyDrive and JAXA to jointly research Future Noise Reduction for eVTOL

14-Sep-2023Source: SkyDrive

SkyDrive Inc. (“SkyDrive”), a leading Japanese eVTOL aircraft (*1) manufacturer based in Japan, announced that the company had proudly concluded a joint research agreement with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (“JAXA”) for the practical application of eVTOLs. In addition to our own research on noise reduction, we will promote research on the improvement of noise... Read more

GE Aerospace selected by Bell as key supplier to V-280 program

GE Aerospace selected by Bell as key supplier to V-280 program

14-Sep-2023Source: GE Aerospace

GE Aerospace announced the selection by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron company, for work on the development of a Common Open Architecture Digital Backbone (COADB), Voice and Data Recorder, and the Health Awareness System (HAS) for the Bell V-280 Valor. Following the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program contract award, the V-280 Valor will enable... Read more

PHI signs for 20 Airbus H175s and 8 H160s

PHI signs for 20 Airbus H175s and 8 H160s

13-Sep-2023Source: Airbus

Airbus Helicopters and PHI Group (PHI) have signed a framework agreement that includes commitments for 20 super-medium H175 helicopters and 8 H160s to serve the energy market worldwide, including in the US. These 28 state-of-the-art helicopters will better position PHI to respond to the energy market’s expected growing offshore transportation needs.These commitments are composed of... Read more

New HEC Dual Hook given Transport Canada STC Approval

New HEC Dual Hook given Transport Canada STC Approval

13-Sep-2023Source: Salus Aviation

Salus Aviation has developed a multi-purpose dual hook for use on the BK117 helicopter and is pleased to announce this system has now been approved by Transport Canada. This dual hook system meets 29.865 requirements and is capable of Class B and D Human External Cargo (HEC) load combinations per FAA AC133-1B. FAA Certification Pending... Read more

Ecocopter take high-level skiers to places in the middle of the central mountain area

Ecocopter take high-level skiers to places in the middle of the central mountain area

12-Sep-2023Source: Ecocopter

Living a unique and exciting experience in the mountains of Santiago and the Chilean Patagonia, and gliding through the virgin snow with spectacular views, is what hundreds of Heliski lovers have experienced during the winter season in this corner of the world. Heliskiing is an activity that consists of reaching the highest peaks by helicopter... Read more

Leonardo UK achieves £1.6 billion of export orders in 18 months

Leonardo UK achieves £1.6 billion of export orders in 18 months

12-Sep-2023Source: Leonardo

At the DSEI defence and security exhibition taking place this week in London, Leonardo has revealed new figures that demonstrate how its UK onshore helicopters business, recently granted official status as the ‘Home of British Helicopters’, continues to compete effectively in export markets. The headline figure, £1.6Bn in helicopters exports over the last 18 months, includes orders for... Read more

CCC, DART Aerospace to deliver high lift heliporter to US Navy

CCC, DART Aerospace to deliver high lift heliporter to US Navy

11-Sep-2023Source: DART Aerospace

The Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) is pleased to announce that it was awarded an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to provide a high lift heliporter designed and manufactured by DART Aerospace Company (DART) to the U.S. Navy. A high lift heliporter is ground support equipment that... Read more

VERTIKO Mobility, Jaunt Air Mobility and partners launch a structuring project

VERTIKO Mobility, Jaunt Air Mobility and partners launch a structuring project

8-Sep-2023Source: VERTIKO Mobility

As part of the actions taken by the aeronautics sector for sustainable aviation and the district of the future presented during the Volaria aeronautical event, VERTIKO Mobility is proud to publicly announce the launch of a structuring project that will be used to enter into service drone and eVTOL flights, in the niche of advanced... Read more

Saint-Gobain Aerospace to supply windows and windshields to Lilium

Saint-Gobain Aerospace to supply windows and windshields to Lilium

8-Sep-2023Source: Lilium

Lilium N.V. (NASDAQ: LILM), developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) jet, and Saint-Gobain Aerospace announced a supplier partnership for the development, series production, and customer support of the Lilium Jet’s transparencies (windows and windshields). The agreement between Lilium and Saint-Gobain Aerospace, which follows extensive collaboration, will leverage advanced solutions to meet... Read more

Weststar and Petronas join forces to champion SAF at Selangor show

Weststar and Petronas join forces to champion SAF at Selangor show

8-Sep-2023Source: Weststar Aviation Services

Weststar Aviation Services (Weststar), the largest offshore helicopter transportation services provider in Southeast Asia, has taken a significant stride towards a greener aviation future by partnering with Petronas Dagangan Berhad (PDB) to promote the utilization of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in offshore helicopter operations across Malaysia. This historic partnership was unveiled during the Selangor Aviation... Read more

Heli-One continued growth and capabilities in Poland

Heli-One continued growth and capabilities in Poland

8-Sep-2023Source: Heli-One

Strategically located in Poland’s aviation valley, a proud member of Aviation Valley Association and near major central European operators, Heli-One are ideally positioned to service operators in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.  Their highly skilled workforce of 150 at their Rzeszow facility combine their deep expertise with creative problem-solving skills to set the... Read more

Rolls-Royce names Cadorath an Authorized Maintenance Repair & Overhaul Center

Rolls-Royce names Cadorath an Authorized Maintenance Repair & Overhaul Center

8-Sep-2023Source: Cadorath

Cadorath, a long-established supplier of Rolls-Royce M250 and RR300 single part repair and overhaul, is pleased to announce that, in partnership with Rolls-Royce, they have added complete assembly repair and overhaul support for the M250 and RR300 series of turbine engines and modules. Cadorath has been named an Authorized Maintenance Repair & Overhaul Center (AMROC)... Read more

PHI appoints new director of commercial & business development for Australia and New Zealand

PHI appoints new director of commercial & business development for Australia and New Zealand

8-Sep-2023Source: PHI

PHI are pleased to announce the appointment of Cedric Meynier to the position of Director, Commercial & Business Development – Australia & NZ. Cedric’s extensive experience in the Oil & Gas industry, along with his expertise with HEMS and Advanced Air mobility operations will be invaluable to our regional expansion trajectory and diversification into new markets. Cedric... Read more

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